An unknown assailant shot a 29-year-old man in the back. He managed to drive about three blocks before he struck several parked cars. Few details were available about the incident. Upon their arrival, emergency responders rushed the gunshot wound victim to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead. Police have few leads and no […]
Between 2004 and 2018, about sixteen children under 18 were killed in fatal pedestrian accident every day of the year, except October 31. On Halloween, the average fatality number catapulted to fifty-four. Another study found that children ages 4 to 8 were about ten times more likely to be killed in the evening on Halloween […]
How’s that for an alarmist headline? Doesn’t it make you want to click on the title, scroll down the article, and make my SEO guy really happy? Since 2017, the number of weather-related deaths, including weather-related fall injuries, has increased 35 percent. A property owner’s duty of care doesn’t stop at the door. Property owners […]
Sometimes, conflict is a good thing. If Jaimie is in conflict with her college roommate, the longer they wait to clear the air, the more difficult that process becomes. Usually, however, conflict breeds catastrophe. In the context of a personal injury claim, that claim might be a bit overblown. That’s especially true since victims win […]
Because of coronavirus, conditions at New York nursing homes were in the news in 2020. Falls are a serious health and safety issue year in and year out. Over half of all long-term care residents fall every year. Typically, these incidents cause severe physical and emotional injuries. The physical injuries include broken bones and head […]
A 20-year-old Bensonhurst man is dead after he smacked into an abandoned, double-parked restaurant delivery truck on 86th Street in Gravesend. The wreck happened shortly after 4 a.m. in an area where multiple delivery trucks are often double-parked. It’s unclear whether the delivery truck driver was cited or not. The 20-year old man was already […]